Name: Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum Cann et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: poly.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. polysacchar, many sugars; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. polysaccharolyticum, many sugars dissolving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-17; DSM 13641; KMTHCJ

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U40229 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cann IK, Stroot PG, Mackie KR, White BA, Mackie RI. Characterization of two novel saccharolytic, anaerobic thermophiles, Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Thermoanaerobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:293-302.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus (Cann et al. 2001) Lee et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus (Cann et al. 2001) Lee et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermoanaerobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacterium Lee et al. 1993

Assigned by: Cann IK, Stroot PG, Mackie KR, White BA, Mackie RI. Characterization of two novel saccharolytic, anaerobic thermophiles, Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Thermoanaerobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:293-302.

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